чемодан

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Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Russian чемода́н (čemodán).

Noun

чемодан (cemodan) (Arabic spelling چەمودان)

  1. suitcase

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠴᠧᠮᠣᠳᠠᠨ
(čēmodan)
чемодан
(čemodan)

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian чемода́н m inan sg (čemodán), from Classical Persian جامه‌دان sg (jāma-dān).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: че‧мо‧дан

Noun

чемодан (čemodan)

  1. suitcase
    Synonym: авдар (avdar)

Declension

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Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Via a Turkic medium, from Persian جامه‌دان (jâme-dân, suitcase).

Note that this Russian term has later become the source of re-borrowing into modern Persian چمدان (čamedân) and many Turkic languages.

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Noun

чемода́н (čemodánm inan (genitive чемода́на, nominative plural чемода́ны, genitive plural чемода́нов, relational adjective чемода́нный, diminutive чемода́нчик)

  1. suitcase, trunk
    • 1973, Венедикт Ерофеев, “Москва. К поезду через магазин”, in Москва — Петушки; English translation from H. William Tjalsma, transl., Moscow to the End of the Line, Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1980:
      — Ты не обижайся. Мы тебе добра хотим. Только зачем ты, дурак, всё к сердцу чемодан прижимаешь? Потому что водка там, что ли?
      — Ty ne obižajsja. My tebe dobra xotim. Tolʹko začem ty, durak, vsjo k serdcu čemodan prižimaješʹ? Potomu što vodka tam, što li?
      ‘‘Don’t get offended, we wish you well. Only why are you such a fool hugging your suitcase to your heart? Because the vodka is in there, is it?’’
  2. a heavy projectile, especially that of a naval gun (military slang since the first half of the 20th century, especially WWI; often in quotes)
  3. (slang) land yacht (a long, heavy sedan)

Declension

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Via a Turkic medium, from Persian جامه‌دان (jâme-dân, suitcase).

Pronunciation

Noun

чемода́н (čemodánm inan (genitive чемода́на, nominative plural чемода́ни, genitive plural чемода́нів, relational adjective чемода́нний or чемода́новий, diminutive чемода́нчик)

  1. suitcase
    Synonym: валі́за (valíza)

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